104 of these patients? > What do HCPs need or have to learn to improve this situation? Patients also value an emotional connection or relation with HCPs and find it more important to talk about daily life and their problems there. This is also the consequence of more socio-economic problems in this group. 9. Do you meet this need of patients? If so, which strategies do you use? > Do you think it is important to pay attention to these themes, if so why? > How can it contribute to the health care you deliver? > What do you think HCPs need or have to learn to improve this situation? Potential solutions We have collected some potential solutions to improve information gathering in consultations. Suggestions are to help patients to recognize important symptoms or problems, that definitely need to be discussed and to teach professionals to stimulate patients to become active in the consultation, such as stimulating to ask questions. Also preparation of consultations by the patient or a role for the support network are potential solutions. 10. What do you consider as possibilities from these options and why? > What are the barriers to implement these in health care? > What do HCPs need or have to learn to adopt the solutions that patients suggested? 11. How can the patient or you as HCP benefit when information gathering is improved? Self-management of lifestyle and medication Introduction: We derived some themes from the interviews with patients related to their self-management of lifestyle and medication. They stated for example that they perceived the needed actions as too much or the steps too big. They also said that they did not change much, because of their high age or emotional well-being. We like to reflect with you on these findings.
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